Nearly Four decades of Black Female Leadership ends abruptly under City Council President @dougshipm

Nearly Four decades of Black Female Leadership ends abruptly under City Council President @dougshipm

Jan 2, 2023 | A&P News

Nearly Four decades of Black Female Leadership ends abruptly under City Council President @dougshipman.atl @dougship @dougshipman4atl.

This is particularly troubling for me as my father @bolegsatl appointed the first black and first female, Myrtle Davis, to be the chair of the finance committee in the 90’s.

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Avoid misunderstandings and disputes with written contracts for your small business

Avoid misunderstandings and disputes with written contracts for your small business

Jan 2, 2023 | Business Law, LLC Business

If you’re a small business owner, you know how important it is to have clear agreements in place with your clients, partners, and employees. Technically, oral agreements are legally enforceable however the difficulty with oral contracts is there is no documentation informing what the agreements are or when they were made.

Written contracts help to protect your business by outlining the terms of the agreement and the expectations of each party. This can help to prevent misunderstandings and ensure that both parties are held accountable for their actions, and provide a clear and documented record of the agreement which can be especially helpful in the event of a dispute.

Written contracts can also help to build trust between you and your clients or partners by addressing each party’s obligations and explain how potential conflicts and/or issues will be resolved. By clearly outlining the terms of the agreement, you’re demonstrating your commitment to the relationship and your willingness to work together to achieve your shared goals.

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Reposted from @bolegsatl Did you know Marvin Arrington, Sr. took office 1969?

Reposted from @bolegsatl Did you know Marvin Arrington, Sr. took office 1969?

Jan 2, 2023 | A&P News

Reposted from @bolegsatl Did you know Marvin Arrington, Sr. took office 1969?

Arrington was elected to the city council in 1969, which was called the Atlanta Board of Aldermen at the time. He served as the president for 17 years from 1981 to 1997.

During his service on the City Council, Arrington introduced legislation to support federal prohibitions against housing discrimination and he ensured aggressive enforcement of state and federal housing laws designated to stabilize transitional neighborhoods. Arrington spearheaded Atlanta’s efforts to include minority-owned banks as equal partners with other participating banks. He also initiated measures to require that all city council and standing committee meetings be recorded and kept on file by the city clerk.

Caption: City Council President Arrington At Butler YMCA

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Reposted from @imara.canady Music veteran and Atlanta native, Shanti Das @shantidas404 has been sele

Reposted from @imara.canady Music veteran and Atlanta native, Shanti Das @shantidas404 has been sele

Dec 30, 2022 | A&P News

Reposted from @imara.canady Music veteran and Atlanta native, Shanti Das @shantidas404 has been selected as a culture catalyst to appear on Dick Clark’s New Years’ Rocking Eve to feature her mental health nonprofit Silence the Shame. Das will be interviewed by Georgia native Ryan Seacrest to talk about the incredible work that Silence The Shame is doing in the community to eliminate mental health stigma and reduce health disparities and suicide rates among vulnerable populations.

SilenceTheShame is 1 of 2 Atlanta based organizations that will be featured tomorrow night! GREAT STORY!!

Reposted from @bolegsatl The countdown begins! Watch “Bo Legs” on Apple TV, Prime, Google, and Vudu/

Reposted from @bolegsatl The countdown begins! Watch “Bo Legs” on Apple TV, Prime, Google, and Vudu/

Dec 30, 2022 | A&P News

Reposted from @bolegsatl The countdown begins! Watch “Bo Legs” on Apple TV, Prime, Google, and Vudu/Fandango on Friday, January 20th!

Thank you for your continued support as we gear up for the biggest release of the season! With your help, we can make this the success it deserves. Please share the film with your friends and get ready for a good time. The Bo Legs project was independently funded and produced by a group of Atlanta-based filmmakers whose goal was to create a documentary film that would tell the story of Marvin Arrington, Sr., one of Atlanta’s most significant political leaders.

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Kenneth Walker — the boyfriend of Breonna Taylor — has settled lawsuits with the city of Louisville

Kenneth Walker — the boyfriend of Breonna Taylor — has settled lawsuits with the city of Louisville

Dec 21, 2022 | A&P News

Kenneth Walker — the boyfriend of Breonna Taylor — has settled lawsuits with the city of Louisville for the unlawful and fatal raid on Breonna’s apartment in March of 2020.

Hopefully, this settlement will give Kenneth a small measure of peace 2 years after this tragedy. 🙏🏾

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Artificial Intelligence Has Big Implications For Ownership In The Music Industry

Artificial Intelligence Has Big Implications For Ownership In The Music Industry

Dec 21, 2022 | Entertainment Industry, Music Law

In the not-too-distance future, when a new recording artist seizes the spotlight with hit songs, a huge social media following and sold-out venues, it won’t be a human being. It’ll be a performer whose lyrics, melodies and voice are solely created by artificial intelligence (AI). We’re already seeing hints of this with virtual artists such as metaverse avatars, hybrid performers that rely on a combination of AI and human talent. Beyond music, there’s also been the emergence of AI products that create realistic digital images based on a natural language sentence provided by the user.
Technology is not new to music. From Bob Dylan going electric to autotune to Pro Tools, technology has played a fundamental role in shaping how music is played, how songs are recorded and what listeners ultimately hear. But AI-generated performers and music have the potential to completely remove human input. Once we pass the threshold, we’ll be forced to confront a host of novel questions about how non-human music creators will be treated. Will they be paid? Who will own the copyright to their songs? Will they be eligible to win awards such as a Grammy?

AI-Generated Art Will Challenge Copyright Standards

Copyright law and policy have typically given little weight to non-human artists. In 2019, the U.S. Copyright Office rejected a copyright claim for a piece of AI-generated art, stating that it “lacks the human authorship necessary to support a copyright claim.” Just a few years prior to that, the Copyright Office rejected claims that a monkey that took a selfie with a camera should be the picture’s rightful copyright owner. While this principle hasn’t been tested for AI-generated music, these precedents likely mean an AI-generated artist may not receive performance rights royalties if it creates a hit song.
In other words, the already complicated business of music is about to face a new challenge—and I’d argue that challenge is already here. For example, electronic composer Artificial Intelligence Visual Artist (AIVA) is composing classical music by analyzing the patterns in 30,000 scores. What happens when AI-generated music breaks through on the charts and the AI’s creator wants to get paid? Is the programmer really the author of that work? Moreover, what recognition should the underlying scores that fed the machine receive, including attribution and royalties?

It’s these types of issues that will shape the decisions we make as an industry and a society about this new era of music. Combine that with other ways technology is influencing the industry—from the metaverse to Web3—and it’s clear we need to rethink the existing laws, rules and business models that govern the economics of listening to music. These considerations are the reason why, in October 2022, U.S. senators Thom Tillis and Chris Coons called for the formation of a national AI commission.
Today, our sources of music come from many types of entities: bands, duets, solo acts, the living and the dead. Soon, we must contend with the emergence of a new artistic entity: the created. Now is the time to use our good old human intelligence to build the pathway that fits AI into a bright future.
Written by Michael Huppe | Source: Forbes.com